The 2026 AVP League season begins on Saturday in Belmar, New Jersey, and runs through the weekend on the CW and CBS. The competition will include four teams and eight duos.

How to Watch AVP Volleyball Week 1: Belmar Open

• When: Saturday and Sunday, May 30-31, 2026
• Time: 1:00 p.m. (Day 1), 1:30 p.m. ET (Day 2)
• TV Channel: CW (Day 1) & CBS (Day 2)
• Live Stream: Fubo (try for free)

In the opening round, the first head-to-head matchup is between the only two teams to have ever won an AVP League title. That matchup is between the San Diego Smash and the Brooklyn Blaze.

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The LA Launch, New York Nitro, San Diego Smash, and Brooklyn Blaze make up the Belmar field. The weekend features a California showdown between the LA Launch and San Diego Smash, and the first weekend of a back-to-back East Coast rivalry between the New York Nitro and Brooklyn Blaze. 

Belmar is the first event where the official 2026 AVP League rosters take effect. The two New York teams meet the following weekend in Aspen for Week 2 of the AVP League.

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ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — The NIC-10 champion Guilford Vikings have another crown. This time a regional championship crown. They won their own regional Thursday night by defeating NIC-10 rival Boylan 25-18, 23-25, 25-15.

The win advances Guilford to the Elgin Larkin Sectional. They’ll play a semifinal game there Saturday at 2 p.m. against Wheaton North. The other semifinal at Larkin at 1 p.m. will have Auburn facing Warrenville South.

Watch the media player above for highlights of Guilford against Boylan.

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May 28— The No. 9 seeded Southland volleyball team scored its first win of the year, but its season ultimately ended when it lost to top-seeded Eastview by scores of 25-12, 25-5, 25-10 after it had beaten No. 8 Lakeville South by scores of 25-19, 25-21, 14-25, 16-25, 15-13 Wednesday.

Both matches were played in Eastview.

The Rebels finish the year with a record of 1-11 overall.

On the other side of the bracket, No. 6 Austin was swept at No. 3 Farmington.

Southland 3, South 2

Southland stats: JJ Smith, 12 kills; Ben Waksdahl, 8 kills, 4 blocks; Brede Nelsen, 8 kills, 11 digs, 6 aces; Abe Phillips, 29 set assists

Eastview 3, Southland 0

Southland stats: Nelsen, 3 kills, 5 digs; Phillips, 7 set assists, 2 blocks